[Federal Register: December 2, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 231)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that on November 17, 1998, a proposed 
Material Modification of Consent Decree and Final Order Between United 
States of America; State of Missouri; Syntex Corporation; Syntex 
(U.S.A.) Inc.; Syntex Laboratories, Inc.; and Syntex Agribusiness, Inc. 
To Address LeMar Drive and McDonnell Park Sites (the Material 
Modification) was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Missouri in United States v. Russell Martin Bliss, 
et al. (the Missouri Dioxin Litigation), Civil Action No. 84-200C-1 
(Consolidated).
    The Material Modification amends the Consent Decree, entered by the 
Court on December 31, 1990, between the United States, the State of 
Missouri and the Syntex defendants under, inter alia, Sections 106 and 
107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and Section 7003 of the 
Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6973, 
pursuant to which 28 eastern Missouri dioxin-contaminated sites were 
remediated and the wastes incinerated at the twenty-eighth site, Times 
Beach, Missouri. After the satisfactory completion of the work pursuant 
to that settlement, the incinerator was removed and Times Beach was 
rededicated as Route 66 State Park. The Material Modification resolves 
similar potential claims in connection with two subsequently-discovered 
dioxin sites in St. Louis County, Missouri, the LeMar Drive Site in 
Ellisville, Missouri and the McDonnell Park Site near St. Ann, 
Missouri. Pursuant to the proposed settlement, EPA will excavate 
dioxin-contaminated materials and restore the Sites and the Syntex 
defendants will contract to incinerate the dioxin-contaminated 
materials at a commercial facility operated by Safety-Kleen Services, 
Inc. in Coffeyville, Kansas, which is permitted to incinerate dioxin, 
and properly dispose of the ash.
    For thirty (30) days following this publication, the Department of 
Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed Material 
Modification. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Russell Martin Bliss, et al. (the Missouri Dioxin Litigation), Civil 
Action No. 84-200C-1 (Consolidated), DOJ No. 90-11-2-41H. Also, 
pursuant to Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6973(d), opportunity for 
a public meeting on the proposed settlement in the affected area shall 
be afforded if requested.
    The proposed Material Modification may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, United States 
Court and Custom House, 1114 Market Street--Room 401, St. Louis, 
Missouri 63101. The Material Modification may also be examined at, or a 
copy obtained in person or by mail from, the United States Department 
of Justice Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW--3d Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005.
    In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$31.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-32032 Filed 12-1-98; 8:45 am]
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